Mattie

#1,004 for girls in 2025, 249 births · Last seen for boys in 1967 at #3,966
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 966 births
Debut · girls
704 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
133,079
since 1880

Mattie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #25, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,004249
2024#1,052237
2023#1,042243
2022#1,049243
2021#1,069235
2020#1,042241
2019#1,101223
2018#1,057242
2017#1,051245
2016#1,026258
2015#997270
2014#919293
2013#1,026243
2012#913285
2011#931277
2010#928279
2009#879312
2008#863323
2007#782368
2006#824328
2005#772343
2004#776332
2003#717360
2002#746325
2001#700353
2000#753304
1999#861250
1998#916229
1997#848241
1996#852234
1995#867222
1994#915207
1993#1,185146
1992#1,085166
1991#991189
1990#1,094161
1989#1,023167
1988#935180
1987#810216
1986#933170
1985#1,37394
1984#1,41482
1983#1,32890
1982#1,257103
1981#1,30497
1980#1,29998
1979#1,28399
1978#1,46178
1977#1,214100
1976#1,21693
1975#1,094107
1974#1,033116
1973#1,038112
1972#988121
1971#957133
1970#848159
1969#881142
1968#811156
1967#738175#3,9665
1966#648220
1965#596259
1964#571297#4,0395
1963#571296#4,0485
1962#546322
1961#548323#4,0655
1960#480421
1959#466425
1958#420495
1957#401525
1956#375553
1955#340630#3,5056
1954#322691
1953#299752
1952#285814#2,8758
1951#276808#3,3646
1950#247929#3,3296
1949#237984#2,45310
1948#2221,091
1947#2241,124#3,3706
1946#2151,088
1945#1911,072#3,3385
1944#1851,186#2,4679
1943#1831,218#2,9647
1942#1711,362#2,9407
1941#1631,364#2,08312
1940#1631,292#1,80215
1939#1631,292#2,28810
1938#1531,443#1,90114
1937#1481,497#1,68817
1936#1431,504#1,63917
1935#1361,603#1,70817
1934#1321,708#1,60819
1933#1301,675#1,77016
1932#1251,918#1,23630
1931#1301,765#2,10113
1930#1281,890#1,96415
1929#1212,028#2,31712
1928#1212,128#1,16537
1927#1132,501#1,95917
1926#1092,498#1,98116
1925#1002,816#1,80619
1924#1092,600#2,13215
1923#1062,602#1,94117
1922#1032,748#1,64422
1921#1052,703#2,05916
1920#962,902#2,60211
1919#952,856#1,57622
1918#1002,610#1,76719
1917#942,572#2,09114
1916#932,556#2,25912
1915#912,434#1,70717
1914#782,193#1,68714
1913#751,868#1,58012
1912#701,915#2,2696
1911#651,552#1,5376
1910#601,687#78215
1909#591,407#89311
1908#601,364#82511
1907#591,319
1906#551,325#70912
1905#551,371#9198
1904#521,362#1,0646
1903#511,278#73410
1902#511,353#68711
1901#501,224#8587
1900#441,834#1,1626
1899#481,171#7868
1898#501,314#63512
1897#531,181#8527
1896#491,288#9007
1895#511,276#64011
1894#491,238#8577
1893#471,257
1892#441,303#68810
1891#461,165
1890#421,256
1889#441,173#58111
1888#391,268
1887#401,031
1886#391,044#9595
1885#351,014#9365
1884#311,007
1883#30883
1882#25966#8376
1881#29754
1880#29704#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mattie was already there! It came in at #29, and was given to 704 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973–1985, when fewer than 120 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#1,052#1,004)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#1,042#1,004)
  • 7 spots since 2015 (#997#1,004)
  • Biggest jump: 440 spots in 1986 (#1,373#933)
  • Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1988 (#810#935)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #25 (966 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 77 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1880–1920
  • Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 112
  • Highest: 1 in 112 girls born in 1882 were named Mattie (0.90%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,455 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.2% of all girls named Mattie (25,526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9,844#25 (1882)#34
1890s12,449#42 (1890)#48
1900s13,837#44 (1900)#54
1910s22,243#60 (1910)#82
1920s25,526#96 (1920)#108
1930s16,295#125 (1932)#139
1940s11,781#163 (1941)#195
1950s6,622#247 (1950)#343
1960s2,611#480 (1960)#639
1970s1,118#848 (1970)#1,113
1980s1,297#810 (1987)#1,168
1990s2,045#848 (1997)#961
2000s3,348#700 (2001)#781
2010s2,615#913 (2012)#995
2020s1,448#1,004 (2025)#1,043

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mattie in 1913

girls
#75
1,868 births · 1 in 334 girls
boys
#1,580
12 births · 1 in 42,714 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #75Mattie1,868

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #1,580Mattie12
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 334 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 98.0% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #72Sylvia2,013
  2. #73Lena1,973
  3. #74Leona1,911
  4. #75Mattie1,868
  5. #76Blanche1,856
  6. #76Lucy1,856
  7. #78Marguerite1,822
Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 963Dominga#1,844#881
  2. 931Stacia#1,844#913
  3. 576Olympia#1,477#901
  4. 559Lilah#1,540#981
  5. 445Elfrieda#1,297#852
Fallers
  1. 806Karen#960#1,766
  2. 572Erie#833#1,405
  3. 559Gertha#846#1,405
  4. 527Lossie#938#1,465
  5. 505Ardelia#960#1,465

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 42,714 of them was named Mattie, which outranked 51.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mattie
  1. #1,497Winthrop13
  2. #1,497Zigmond13
  3. #1,497Zigmund13
  4. #1,580Mattie12
  5. #1,580Addie12
  6. #1,580Agnes12
  7. #1,580Alfonzo12
  8. #1,676Adelard11
  9. #1,676Adolphe11
  10. #1,676Albertus11

Tied with 95 names at #1,580; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913